French ship Téméraire (1782)
# French ship Téméraire (1782)

Téméraire was the lead ship of the Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

## Career

In 1782 or 1783, she was under Sainte-Eulalie.

She took part in the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2, battling HMS Russell, under Captain Morel.

She took part in the Croisière du Grand Hiver of winter 1794-1795, but sustained damage when a leak opened in her hull in the night of the 30 to 31 December, and she had to return to Saint Malo.

## Fate

From 1798, Téméraire was in a state of disrepair and needed to be refitted or demolished. She was eventually condemned in 1802 and broken up in 1803.

## Citations

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Roche (2005), p. 432.
* ↑ Contenson (1934), p. 167.
